April 2012 CU for SharePoint 2007 and 2010 has been released

The product group released the April 2012 Cumulative Update for the SharePoint 2007 and 2010 product family.

The April Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2010 is a Post-SP1 hotfix. That means that you should ensure that SP1 is installed before the April CU.The April Cumulative Update for SharePoint 2007 is a Post-SP3 hotfix. That means that you should ensure that SP3 is installed before the April CU.

The KB articles for April CU can be found at the following locations (they should be available in a couple of days):

KB 2598152 – SharePoint Server 2010 with Project ServerAs you see there is a separate Full Server Package for SharePoint Server 2010 with Project Server which simplifies patching of this common installation.

The Full Server Packages for April 2012 CU are available through the following links:

Why does MS post these downloads without the proper associated KB articles to tell all the good admins what the heck the KB fixes? No one in their right mind would ever install these without proper details on the fixes included.

I have to say it is slightly annoying that with these CUs and hotfixes we have to submit a request and get e-mailed the link. It would be nice if at the very least they just had the link to the d/l for the executable in the KB articles.

Stefan – any comments as to why this CU has been removed from MS Download? Links above state "This hotfix has been removed, due to technical issues". it would be interesting to learn why, and how you "revert" if you have alredey deployed this CU.

Hi Stefan, I have already the older version of April 2012 CU installed, which causes "E-mail cannot be delivered because site is over quota or locked for editing" error, if quotas are not set. Can I fix this problem by intalling this newer version?

I'm upgrading my environments and for each I end up running into the SPAdmin timer job not able to start in the farm. I end up having to run two registry entries to fix. I found that Option #4 of the below link fixes the issue and allows the Admin service to run.